The Russellville Democrat., 1887-05-11
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

him cry Hip Hip-Potamusr' get
out.
There is dog at Magog, Quebec,
that will mount the toboggan sled, go
down the slide, draw the sled back,
and go down again as many times as
his owner commands him.
A newspaper has just been started
in Greenland. 1t is ,laii,.itas:s::.. t5iiIe
editors are not at all pressed for time,
MS the day is about six months long in
that part of the world. London
Journalist
"A famous dog trainer educates his
dogs by simply talking to them He
uses neither sugar nor whip, but tries
to make the dog understand what he is
to do. He then performs the trick him
self, and the dogs follow and initiate
him. Boston Bulletin.
A peculiar natural substance has
been found in Georgia. yellow ma
terial, very much like beeswax, which,
when shaved off with knife, rolls up
like that article. 1t is kind of rock,
and, while there is nothing about it that
burns, it becomes as hard as flint when
heated.
"A doctor in st. Louis explains the
necessity for having two ears by the
fact that sound is always heard more
distinctly by one ear than by the other,
and in this way it is located. A man
with but one ear can hear just as well
as a man with two, but he can not To-
cate sound.
A member of the San Bernardino
grand jury got tired of the monotonous
proceedings the other day and started
off on prospecting trip. The sheriff
was sent after him and had to travel
three hundred miles across the desert
in order to reach the absent juryman.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Two young women in Boston, one
aged twenty-one and the other twenty
two, having met with disappointment
in love, agreed to commit suicide to-
gether. For this purpose they pur-
chased quantity of Rough on Rats,
and took large doses, which caused
their death in the course of few hours.
boston Herald.
Speaking of 'the light of other
days says the Gloucester (Mass.) Id
Uertiscr, how rapid has been the change
from pine knots to tallow dips, from
taliow dips to whale oil, from whale
oil to lard and camphene, from these
to kerosene, and from gas to electricity
all within one life time. If the light
of the future goes on at the same rate
darkness will be thing of the past.
One of the greatest enemies of the
salmon and the salmon fisheries in Ore
gon is the sea lion. 1t is estimated that
half the salmon that come into the Co
lumbia river in the early part of the
season are captured by these big beasts,
which also damage nets to the amount
of thousands of dollars, Vast numbers
of them congregate at Tillamook rock
and at Sealrocks, and it is suggested
that dynamite be used to force them to
seek other localities. Chicago Herald
Two ladies had an amusing expert
ence in making formal call at house
in Linwood avenue the other day, says
the Buffalo Commercial Adpertiser. The
maid asked them to wait until she as
certained whether the persons inquired
for were in. Presently she tripped
down stairs and announced that '.the
ladies were not at home" One of the
callers, finding that she had forgotten
her cards, said to her friend: "Let me
write my name on your card. "Oh,
it isn't necessary, Miss - put in
the maid cheerfully, II told them who
it was!' Ereunt anlJo; with suppressed
emotion.
The terrible catastrophe on the
Baltimore & Ohio railway gives fresh
interest to a suggestion made by the
Railroad Gazette for stopping trains
quickly. The plan is to drop an an
chor from the rear end of the train to
catch on the ties, with suitable pro-
vision for the bending of the ties Under
the strain brought upon them; the an
chor to be joined to the train by long
spring to ease the shock when bear
ing is secured. With such an appli-
ance the Gasette thinks train at
ordinary speed might be brought to
stop within fifteen or twenty feet,
This would prevent many serious ae-
cidents.
"A citizen of Kingston, N. T., who
is unfortunate enough to be the hus-
band of a woman who owns all the
money in the possession of the pair,
adopted a novel scheme the other day
to make raise of small sum. He
went TO a hat store, secured two-dol-
lar hat, and arranged with the mer-
chant to bring in his wife to pay for it,
when the merchant was to charge four
dollars and pay him the difference,
The man brought his wife, who, after
admiring him in his hat, reluctantly
paid the four dollars and the couple
left. Shortly afterward the man re-
turned, got the other two dollars, and
departed happy. Troy Times.
"A Cienfugos (Cuba) newspaper
contains the particulars of the kidnap-
ing and release of the son of Senor
Roig The father came upon the ban
dts after sixteen days search. The
party numbered twelve and were
headed by Matagas. Senior Roig Of
cred Matagas two thousand dollars if
he would release the boy, but the BAN
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